Hall

In the further end of the hall you can see the fridge that was put into the remains of a wardrobe that had been sawed to pieces to accomodate it.

I tore out all the cabinets, the ugly tapestry, the wardrobe and the wall to the kitchen, clearing the whole area.

This was about a month of continous work all my free hours tearing it down and then getting all the trash out, carrying it down the stairs. Good excersice, except for my poor back.

One pretty embarising mishapp during the renovation was when all the dust from my work for some reason found it's way into my neighbours appartment. Not so nice to try to explain why there where a thick layer of white dust all over her place..

Here you can see the ceiling with the new electric wiring. I had to build a new inner roof with plaster boards to get it level.

To get a nice ambient light, as well as to give an impression of space, I installed a line of five lights in the ceiling in an angle along the hall way into the kitchen.
More of the cleared walls and ceiling at the corner to the kitchen area. The plaster was cracked all over the place due to movements in the house foundation before the house was reinforced in tha laste eighties. I had to knock it all down and apply new plaster.
After managing to lay new floor beams to level the floor I put in stone tiles. At this stage it was already clear that the hall and kitchen area would have a pretty modern touch, but with some elements of old style to spice it up.

I cut and lay the tiles with my father, a tricky treat indeed but it worked out fine. Thanks dad!
Here the new ceiling and walls are in place. A few of the new lamps are visible, as well as the beautifull old brick arch that is the relic of a passage into what is now the neighbour appartment.

The thick black iron bar is part of the reinforcement that keeps the house together.
The corner towards the kitchen. Thanks to Johan Palmgren I found a place that sells old building material like the iron cast vent that you can see. Gives that extra touch.